An Individual Plant Is Heterozygous for Loci That Affect Height

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Essay

An individual plant is heterozygous for loci that affect height and have a strictly additive mode of action.If this plant is selfed,:
a)how many height classes will there be among the progeny? (Assume no environmental effects.)
b)what will be the frequency of the tallest class of progeny? (Assume no environmental effects.)

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